Raise the Hammer

No More Excuses

You don't have a backyard and your landlord won't allow you to cart a box of worms inside. For a measly $400 US, you can now buy an indoor composter that takes up to 2.3 kilos of kitchen waste a day, uses no worms, produces no odours, and generates a tray of compost in two weeks.

It does use some electricity (10 watts), but according to the company, that's less than the diesel the garbage truck would use to cart this way to the dump, where it wouldn't compost and wouldn't build soil.

Ryan McGreal, the editor of Raise the Hammer, lives in Hamilton with his family and works as a programmer, writer and consultant. Ryan volunteers with Hamilton Light Rail, a citizen group dedicated to bringing light rail transit to Hamilton. Ryan writes a city affairs column in Hamilton Magazine, and several of his articles have been published in the Hamilton Spectator. He also maintains a personal website and has been known to post passing thoughts on Twitter @RyanMcGreal. Recently, he took the plunge and finally joined Facebook.